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Identity and connection are both key for Le Bris
The Journal
|July 19, 2025
SUNDERLAND take on Sevilla and Sporting Lisbon with head coach Regis Le Bris continuing to make sure players are connected with the club's identity.
He suggested there will be mixing and matching in the two games, Sevilla tonight and Sporting on Monday in the Algarve, to get all the players up to speed.
“We are working on individuals making connections in the team dynamic,” the Sunderland boss said.
“I think at this stage every team will have their own dynamic. Probably we will go for 45 minutes with one squad and 45 minutes again with another.
“We know the connections are not always the best we could create so from the perspective of the result
This story is from the July 19, 2025 edition of The Journal.
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